Let’s Talk About Tarpon
[ad_1] Nearly every night during our bedtime routine of reading countless books, my kids will ask me, “Why haven’t we met a dinosaur yet?” And, nearly every night, I begrudgingly…
All About Gag Grouper
[ad_1] Gag grouper are reef fish that live in the waters off the Southeastern United States, with a range that extends south throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of…
How Ambush Predators Rule the Waves
[ad_1] Our ocean is home to a diverse range of species that carry out their daily activities with little concern. Take the surgeonfish, which spends its days peacefully grazing on the…
Four Impacts of Ocean Warming
[ad_1] A mollusk swims up to a sea cucumber. The mollusk looks around at the reef and says (because in jokes everyone talks) to the sea cucumber, “I think we’re…
Why is This Sea Cucumber Called a Headless Chicken Monster?
[ad_1] My favorite creatures in the ocean are the weird ones. Those blobby, slippery, bizarre, alien-looking things that make you wonder “How does that live on our planet with us?” They remind…
Using Robotics to Explore the Deep Sea – oceanbites
[ad_1] Barnard, K., Daniels, J., Roberts, P. L. D., Orenstein, E. C., Masmitja, I., Takahashi, J., Woodward, B., & Katija, K. (2024). DeepSTARia: Enabling autonomous, targeted observations of ocean life…
Deep Sea Fish Inspire Next-Gen Tech – oceanbites
[ad_1] Hu, X., Ma, Z., Gong, Z., Zhao, F., Guo, S., Zhang, D., & Jiang, Y. (2024). A Highly Sensitive Deep-Sea Hydrodynamic Pressure Sensor Inspired by Fish Lateral Line. Biomimetics,…
Moving costs – oceanbites
[ad_1] Burress, E. D., & Hart, P. B. (2024). Pelagic zone is an evolutionary catalyst, but an ecological dead end, for North American minnows. Evolution, qpae062. Darwin’s finches are a…
How Many Species of Hammerhead Shark Are There?
[ad_1] Hammerheads are some of the most recognizable fish in the sea—their iconic “hammer” head is unlike the head of any other shark out there. But did you know there…
Watch Out for Nettles
[ad_1] Sometimes when you live in a big city like Baltimore, you forget that you are still living in a vibrant ecosystem. One of my favorite things to do with…
